Truth About Chaga Capsules and Instant Chaga

There is a lot of hype and marketing about Chaga in capsule form and ‘extracted’ Chaga powder. Such products appeal to our desire for an easy method to take this ancient natural medicine. In our opinion, Chaga and other medicinal mushrooms are the antithesis of pharmaceuticals and are an alternative to pill’s or altered forms of natural medicine. Read more about the bio-availability of medicinal mushroom supplements.***

It’s a fact, Chaga must be extracted first before our bodies can absorb Chaga's nutrients and healing properties. Traditionally this has been done with low temperature hot water extraction or hot water alcohol extraction to preserve the medicinal qualities. High temperatures or processing Chaga Mushroom destroys most of the medicinal benefits and renders many enzymes like Superoxide Dismutase useless by altering its bio-electrical charge which prohibits our body's ability to work with and absorb any benefits.

Chaga Extract Power & Instant Chaga - How they are Made*

Chaga is boiled at high temperatures for 3 to 4 hours

Resulting liquid is evaporated into a dry powder in hot air ovens for 72-90 hours

Resulting extracted ‘Powder’ is then packaged and/or then freeze dried

Minimum batch size for mass production is 30,000 liters

Most freeze dried Instant chaga is manufactured in Korea

Chaga in capsule or instant form is indeed easier to take, however most of the benefits are destroyed during the manufacturing process. Chaga, like most natural forest medicines must be taken in its raw unaltered form to heal us. As an herbal decoction or ‘tea’ chaga should be steeped at 80c or below or extracted with pure grade alcohol specifically designed for herbal extractions.*

It’s up to each of us to take responsibility for our own health; part of the process of self healing requires us to deal with the truth both within us and the 'truth' surrounding those we choose to seek assistance from.

As it has been shown by studies conducted by the University of Guelph, that one in three supplements we rely on to heal us are in fact, fake.** Read More